The inside and personal story of the key moments from sporting history
World Service,·710 episodes
The story of Silvio Velo, the captain of Argentina's world-beating blind football team
12 Nov 2020,·9 mins
How Bula Choudhury was the first woman to swim straits of the world's seven seas.
05 Nov 2020,·9 mins
The Polish table tennis champion who began her Paralympic career aged just 11.
29 Oct 2020,·9 mins
In November 1978, the defender became the first black Englishman to play for his country.
22 Oct 2020,·9 mins
Garrett McNamara broke the world record for biggest wave ever surfed in 2011 at Nazaré
15 Oct 2020,·9 mins
Ex-Premiership star Kolo Toure on how a team in Ivory Coast modernised football in Africa
08 Oct 2020,·9 mins
How Sizwe Ndlovu became the first black African to win an Olympic rowing gold in 2012.
01 Oct 2020,·9 mins
The aboriginal runner who became the hero of the Sydney Olympics in 2000
24 Sep 2020,·9 mins
Susie O'Neill experienced the joy of victory and the agony of defeat at her home Olympics
17 Sep 2020,·9 mins
Why cyclists in lockdown are riding the equivalent of climbing the world's highest peak
10 Sep 2020,·9 mins
The story of Nigeria's most successful female paralympian.
03 Sep 2020,·9 mins
The British hurdler who overcame private emotional struggles to win an Olympic bronze
27 Aug 2020,·9 mins
How India's female hockey stars inspired a generation of sportswomen and a Bollywood film
20 Aug 2020,·9 mins
In 2008, Matthias Steiner overcame personal tragedy to win an emotional Olympic gold
13 Aug 2020,·9 mins
Japanese mountaineer Junko Tabei was the first woman to reach the summit of Mount Everest
06 Aug 2020,·9 mins
British runner Sebastian Coe remembers his rivalry with Steve Ovett at the 1980 Olympics
30 Jul 2020,·9 mins
How Afghan cricketers lifted the nation's spirits by reaching their first big tournament
23 Jul 2020,·9 mins
The glitz and glamour of David Beckham's signing for Los Angeles Galaxy in 2007
16 Jul 2020,·9 mins
The private emotional struggles of the 1992 Wimbledon tennis champion
09 Jul 2020,·9 mins
How rank outsiders Greece won the 2004 European Football Championship.
02 Jul 2020,·9 mins
The first Cheerleading Worlds were held in 2004 at Walt Disney World in Florida.
25 Jun 2020,·9 mins
The Bermuda-born West Ham striker recalls the rampant racism in 1970s English football
18 Jun 2020,·9 mins
How the son of American farmers defeated a Russian champion considered unbeatable.
11 Jun 2020,·9 mins
The inspiring story of the first Muslim-American to wear a hijab at the Olympics.
04 Jun 2020,·9 mins
The blind athlete who competed in both the winter and summer Paralympic games.
28 May 2020,·9 mins
How legendary English footballer Stanley Matthews won the FA Cup for his team in 1953.
21 May 2020,·9 mins
The great Italian cyclist whose private life scandalized Italy in the 1950s.
14 May 2020,·9 mins
How Wimbledon won a shock victory over the mighty Liverpool in the 1988 FA Cup Final
07 May 2020,·9 mins
How Pakistan's Maria Toorpakai Wazir battled death threats to become a squash player.
30 Apr 2020,·9 mins
How the Northern Irish pentathlete became a hero for winning gold at the 1972 Olympics.
23 Apr 2020,·9 mins
